Moore's paradox
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Moore's paradox is a philosophical problem highlighting the oddity of asserting a sentence like "It is raining, but I don't believe that it is raining," which seems logically consistent yet pragmatically absurd.
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| Moore's paradox canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moore's paradox Context triple: [G. E. Moore, notableIdea, Moore's paradox]
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Yablo's paradox
Yablo's paradox is a self-referential logical paradox involving an infinite sequence of sentences, each saying that all later sentences in the sequence are false, which challenges traditional notions of semantic paradox and self-reference.
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Curry paradox
Curry paradox is a self-referential logical paradox that arises in certain formal systems without using negation, showing how naive reasoning about implication and self-reference can lead to triviality.
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liar paradox
The liar paradox is a classic self-referential logical puzzle arising from sentences that declare their own falsehood, leading to a contradiction about whether they are true or false.
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Berry paradox
The Berry paradox is a self-referential logical paradox arising from phrases like “the smallest positive integer not definable in under eleven words,” which appears to define exactly such a number while claiming it cannot be defined.
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On Contradiction
"On Contradiction" is a 1937 philosophical essay by Mao Zedong that systematically applies and develops Marxist dialectical materialism to analyze the nature and role of contradictions in social and historical processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moore's paradox Target entity description: Moore's paradox is a philosophical problem highlighting the oddity of asserting a sentence like "It is raining, but I don't believe that it is raining," which seems logically consistent yet pragmatically absurd.
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A.
Yablo's paradox
Yablo's paradox is a self-referential logical paradox involving an infinite sequence of sentences, each saying that all later sentences in the sequence are false, which challenges traditional notions of semantic paradox and self-reference.
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B.
Curry paradox
Curry paradox is a self-referential logical paradox that arises in certain formal systems without using negation, showing how naive reasoning about implication and self-reference can lead to triviality.
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C.
liar paradox
The liar paradox is a classic self-referential logical puzzle arising from sentences that declare their own falsehood, leading to a contradiction about whether they are true or false.
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D.
Berry paradox
The Berry paradox is a self-referential logical paradox arising from phrases like “the smallest positive integer not definable in under eleven words,” which appears to define exactly such a number while claiming it cannot be defined.
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E.
On Contradiction
"On Contradiction" is a 1937 philosophical essay by Mao Zedong that systematically applies and develops Marxist dialectical materialism to analyze the nature and role of contradictions in social and historical processes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
epistemological problem
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philosophical paradox ⓘ |
| appearsIn | G. E. Moore's papers on certainty and belief ⓘ |
| concerns |
apparent inconsistency between content and use of assertions
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pragmatic absurdity of certain statements ⓘ rationality of belief and assertion ⓘ relationship between belief and assertion norms ⓘ self-knowledge of one’s own beliefs ⓘ |
| describes | oddity of certain first-person assertions ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom |
Liar paradox
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logical contradiction ⓘ |
| example |
"It is raining, but I do not believe that it is raining"
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"p and I believe that not-p" ⓘ "p and I do not believe that p" ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology
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philosophy of language ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
propositional content p
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speaker’s belief state about p ⓘ |
| hasForm |
"p and I believe that not-p"
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"p and I do not believe that p" ⓘ |
| implies |
speaker is irrational if statement is true
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speaker violates norms of assertion ⓘ speaker violates norms of rational belief ⓘ |
| involves |
first-person authority over mental states
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first-person present-tense belief ascriptions ⓘ self-referential belief reports ⓘ tension between belief and assertion ⓘ transparency of belief to truth ⓘ |
| logicalStatus | logically consistent ⓘ |
| namedAfter | G. E. Moore ⓘ |
| pragmaticStatus | pragmatically absurd ⓘ |
| raisesQuestion |
how belief is connected to sincere assertion
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how to model belief in formal epistemology ⓘ what norms govern assertion ⓘ whether one can be mistaken about one’s own beliefs ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
belief norm of assertion
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knowledge norm of assertion ⓘ logical consistency ⓘ pragmatic inconsistency ⓘ pragmatics of language ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ self-referential paradoxes ⓘ speech act theory ⓘ the norm of assertion ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
G. E. Moore
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Ludwig Wittgenstein ⓘ contemporary analytic philosophers ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 20th-century analytic philosophy ⓘ |
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Subject: Moore's paradox Description of subject: Moore's paradox is a philosophical problem highlighting the oddity of asserting a sentence like "It is raining, but I don't believe that it is raining," which seems logically consistent yet pragmatically absurd.
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